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ABSTRACT. A small collection of artifacts obtained from an aboriginal Mackenzie Inuit grave eroded by the Mackenzie River is described. The site appears to date to within the second half of the 19th century, following European contact but before acculturative processes and population decline, which...

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Main Authors: A Nineteenth-century, Mackenzie Inuit, Charles D. Arnold
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
Subjects:
Arctic
Dater
Fleuve Mackenzie
Mackenzie Delta
Mackenzie River
Maurice
inuit
Mackenzie river
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.584.5233
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic39-1-8.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT. A small collection of artifacts obtained from an aboriginal Mackenzie Inuit grave eroded by the Mackenzie River is described. The site appears to date to within the second half of the 19th century, following European contact but before acculturative processes and population decline, which brought about the extinction of traditional Mackenzie Inuit culture. Key words: Inuit, archaeology, Mackenzie delta, nineteenth century, artifacts, erosion &SUM & L’article decrit une petite collection d’artefacts recueillis d’une tombe aborigtne d’Inuit du Mackenzie àla suite de l’érosion de cette dernibre par le fleuve Mackenzie. Le site semble dater de la deuxitme moitic? du 19 ’ sibcle, apds le premier contact européen mais avant le debut des processus d’acculturation et du declin de la population qui mentrent à l’extinction de la culture traditionnelle des Inuit du Mackenzie. Mots cles: Inuit, archbologie, delta du Mackenzie, 19 ’ sitcle, artefacts, erosion Traduit pour le journal par Maurice Guibord.

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